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Dr. Julielynn Wong

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Physician-Scientist, Innovator & STEM Educator

Julielynn Wong is a Harvard-educated physician-scientist, innovator, and educator whose life’s mission is to take technology to the extreme to benefit the world.  She is internationally recognized as a 3D printing, drone, robotics, telemedicine and digital health pioneer who delivers healthcare solutions across diverse environments, from outer space to remote communities with limited access to resources. She was the first to 3D print medical supplies on the International Space Station and she designed a solar-powered ultra-portable 3D printing system that can make medical supplies in off-grid communities.

Health Leadership More Themes Environment & Science Education Innovation & Change Management Human Rights & Social Change Technology & Trends Event Theme Ideas Youth & Campus

In the News

JulieLynn Wong in the media January 1, 2026

Keynote Speeches

Applying an Ethical Approach to AI

Dr. Wong, who is board-certified in clinical informatics, will explore how trust in AI has been challenged by past failures and data misuse and what industry leaders can do better. Drawing on the work of her social enterprise, she will share how community-informed design and ethical data practices can drive systems-level change and advance the accessible, sustainable, and scalable use of AI to impact over 1 billion lives.

Future of Technology

From the unique perspective of a trailblazing physician, scientist, and innovator, Dr. Wong examines rapidly emerging, game-changing and converging technology trends including AI, self-driving cars, drones, and 3D printing, how these are transforming society and how these changes will be interpreted in our everyday lives. 

Longevity and Healthcare Innovation

Dr. Wong, an award-winning physician innovator, will outline her social enterprise’s methodology to create and inspire life-changing innovations that can be translated to clinical practice for the healthcare, wellness, and humanitarian sectors.

Platform Plus Presentations

Unique formats and ways to connect with audiences.
Unleash Your Inner Surgeon
Dr. Wong, an award-winning medical educator, will teach your group how to suture a simulated wound in this hands-on workshop. Proceeds support the training of surgical practitioners in low-resource contexts.
Mini-Medical School
In this hands-on workshop suitable for ages 8 and up, you will use a high fidelity, eco-friendly simulator and checklist designed by physician-pilot Dr. Julielynn Wong to learn how to perform a simulated clinical procedure. Proceeds support the training of healthcare providers in low-resource contexts.
Inventors Workshop
Today it's possible to take an idea, create a digital design, and make it physically real by clicking "print." In this design workshop, inventor Dr. Julielynn Wong empowers your organization to create and produce a novel prototype via user-centered design, a remote 3D designer, and a 3D printer.

Audience reviews:

  • Your presentation was the “talk of the evening” and left an enormous impact of its own. We had multiple positive comments from our attendees, including our faculty and Board members, who noted how impressed they were with your “fantastic and very inspiring” talk.

    - Scientific Director, Lawson Health Research Institute
  • It was an honour to have such an exceptional speaker, present and showcase your work (which we are very appreciative of). The attendees enjoyed your presentation, and were fascinated by your work. You helped inspire a large group of attendees to pursue their passions in scientific research. - RISE Toronto 2016 Coordinator
  • I heard a lot of very positive comments about your keynote presentation. Attendees really enjoyed it. - Senior Program Manager | Information Services and Technology University of Alberta
  • I feel that your research and work will ignite the innovation spirit of the young (and possibly the not so young) engineers in the room. My hope is that they never become complacent and, continuously challenge themselves to find new ways to move us to new frontiers. I really enjoyed your speech and so did everyone.

    - Chief Engineer & Vice President of Operations | London Hydro Inc.
  • Wow wow wow and thanks! Thank you so much for taking the time to join us in Pittsburgh!

    - Medical Director | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Lemieux Sports Center
  • Mind-blowing presentation… She’s awesome.

    - Chief Information Officer | Memorial University
  • Everyone loved the talk and was blown away by the subject matter and how futuristic it all sounds, while also being practical and taking place right now in the world we live in. Julielynn did a great job relating it back to the hear and now, with current and practical stories on how her work was impacting real lives today.

    - London Public Library
  • Thanks for your amazing presentation today. You've buoyed my optimism and hope.

    - VP of Professional Services, Colorado Hospital Association
  • Wow, where did you find her? It's great to hear a keynote speaker who is actually doing things, and who is making the world a better place.

    - Alberta Technology Leaders in Education Convergence Conference
 

Speaker Biography

Dr. Julielynn Wong is a brilliant, captivating, and unforgettable speaker who infuses powerful storytelling with a playful personality.  She brings an unrivaled passion for ideas that inspire audiences to build diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to embrace innovation, and engage technology to solve big challenges.

Following medical school at Queen’s University, Dr. Wong received a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship to complete her Masters of Public Health degree studies at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is board certified in public health and general preventive medicine, aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, and clinical informatics, has authored over 35 scientific and technical publications and has 14 patents issued for medical devices. She worked as an aerospace medicine physician contractor at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to support the Boeing and SpaceX crewed launches.

She is a passionate educator who has taught courses and workshops for thousands of grade school, university, and postgraduate students. She founded Medical Makers, a program to inspire, educate, and empower a global community of innovators, patients, and healthcare providers to make sustainable solutions to save lives, time, and money. She is the Team Co-Lead for the Grand Prize Co-Winner for Intuitive Foundation’s Global Surgical Training Challenge. Her multi-racial, geographically diverse, and interdisciplinary teams are making affordable, locally reproducible, state-of-the-art simulators and globally accessible simulation-based training to empower healthcare providers to acquire new procedural skills anywhere in the world at any stage of their careers.

Additionally, Dr. Wong is an avid pilot and drone racer, has flown as a microgravity researcher with NASA’s parabolic flight program, and served as an analog astronaut for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Exploration Research Analog IX and Mission Commander for Crews 183, and 207-8 at the Mars Desert Research Station. She serves as a drone instructor for the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force and deployed as an Unmanned Aerial Systems Mission Pilot in response to the 2020 catastrophic earthquake in Puerto Rico.

Dr. Wong is a highly sought-out dynamic speaker and has spoken at the UN, Google Canada, Smithsonian, multiple TEDx’s and leading international conferences. She is a contributor for ABC World News, Forbes, and the Huffington Post, and has appeared on CNN, ABC News, CTV, CBC News, Global National TV, CP24, Discovery, and Space Channel.

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